The “Jenő Boskovics Lifter of The Year 2017” Trophies by the WORLD WEIGHTLIFTING magazine were awarded to Lasha Talakhadze and Lidia Valentin at a special Award Gala on 7 May, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Gala was held in the prominent Rustaveli Georgian National Theatre. Dr Tamás Aján, President of the IWF and Kornél Jancsó, Editor-in-Chief of […]
The fabulous story of a promising Peruvian lifter
Memorable Moment by Julio David Palacios Tello
Ercila Beatriz Limas Rosales is a promising young Peruvian weightlifter. At her 16 years she has been ranked among the top eleven youth lifters of the world in the 58 kg category at the last Youth World Championships […]
My weightlifting family
Moment of the Year by Moira Lassen
My most memorable moment of 2011 is not one single moment but rather a memorable reaction to a moment. I had just arrived back home in Ottawa and was recovering from jet lag after twenty-five hours of travel, a two week stint of meetings and […]
The lead changed ten times
Memorable Moment by Jim Schmitz
I didn’t have just one memorable moment, I had several. That’s the reason why I attend the World Championships every year. My first memorable moment was when I saw this lifter from Australia […]
Salimi’s new world record and my shaking hands
Moment of the Year by Mohammad Reza Akhoundi
The most memorable moment of 2011 for me as a journalist was when Behdad Salimi set new world record in snatch, and I had to write this great moment with my shaking hands in order to send it to the Iranian media outlets. […]
The appropriate hairstyle
Moment of the Year by Anton Kislyakov
At the European Junior and Under 23 Championships held in Bucharest, Romania from 9 to 18 September 2011 two Russian female athletes wanted to enter the competition in the 53kg bodyweight category: Mariia Lubina and Ksenia Maximova. […]
Encouragement for victims of the disaster
Moment of the Year by Masashi Inoue
Japanese ace Hiromi Miyake is determined to deliver a strong performance at the London Olympics this summer to provide encouragement to those still feeling the effects of one of Japan’s worst-ever natural disasters. […]
Why did Ilya Ilyn cry in Paris?
Moment of the Year by Sultan Shokbytov
A child can deceive when he cries, but he cannot succeed in deceiving when he laughs. An adult can deceive, when he laughs, but can also deceive when he cries. This is the law of nature.
But in the modern world all moves to that adult start to deceive even when they cry. […]
Falling from heaven down to earth
Moment of the Year by Kornel Jancso
Each competition – World Championships especially – is full of noteworthy moments; the only question is which one will be burned in your memory forever. The Paris 2011 World Championships Paris, France, was no exception: dramatic fights for the medals abounded and the intensity of duels, the bitter fights, […]
Godelli’s unique medal collection
Moment of the Year by EBSNIK DIZDARI
Look at this boy! In fact, he is a World Champion. Daniel Godelli, was born in 1992 in Peqin, a small town in Central Albania with only 9.000 inhabitants. I think it is not easy to find such a small town where a World Champion has been grown up. He is only 19 years old, but already became World Champion in 2011 […]
The greatest…loss
Moment of the Year by Nickolai Dolgopolov
Vasily Alexeev was an extraordinary figure – in all senses of the word. I remember flying with him back from Montreal in 1976. […]
World Championships returns to USA
Moment of the Year by Janis Schmees
The moment had finally arrived and the United States Team was summoned into the meeting room in Paris, France […]
